Door-bedstead.



No. 678,828. Patented iuly I6, mm.

H. B. BUGGLES;

DOOR BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed June 1, 1900. (No Modem 2 Sheets-Sheet ll.

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Patented July 16,1901; H. B. RUGGLES.

DDOR BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed June 1, 1900.)

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llnrrnn STATES PATENT Orrrcn I-IORATIO B. RUGGLES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOOR-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,828, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed June 1, 1900.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORATIO -B. RUGeLns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Bedsteads, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in doors which allow of a door being used as a bedstead, being a combination of bedstead and door; and the object of the invention is to provide a combined bed and door which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use and which can be sold at a nominal figure, the action of which is simple and which is absolutely safe, therebeing no possibility of its closing up with its occupants or chance for it to fall down on them, and one in which the mechanism is so simple and well contrived that the ordinary help found in all stores can set it in place and the owner operate it without trouble, 2. bed which when not in use is tilted up on end into a closet, out of the way, the bedstead forming the door of the closet.

The invention consists in the combination of elements and in certain parts of construction entailed in the combination of said elem ents to obtain the desired results.

A full understanding of the invention can best be given by a detailed description of a preferred construction embodying the various features of the invention, and such a description will now be given, in connection with the accompanying drawings, illustrating such a construction, and the features forming the invention will afterward be specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the improved bed in the act of being lowered. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atop view of leg when folded on door and not in use. Fig. 4 is a side view of leg, showing same secured in position and ready for use. Fig. 5 is a front view of an upper hinge. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of upper hinge on line 6 6 in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a frontview of a lower hinge.

Serial No. 18,789. (No model.)

Fig. 8 is a side view of knob and pivot. Fig. 9 is a sectional View of pivot and trundle wheel orpinion 70, attached to knob K, on line 9 9 in Fig. 8.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

In the invention, A represents the door or bedstead, which may be of any convenient size or form of construction and which when in a perpendicular position is operated in the usual manner of doors on the hinges R and T, but when swung on the hinge T and pivot or pin G into a horizontal position can be used as a bedstead, couch, or lounge. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

The door A is set in the usual framework 13, and to this door-frame are attached portions of the hinges R and T (See Fig. 1.) The door frame or jamb to which these hinges are attached is provided with a recess or cavity for inserting the pivot or trunnion J, formed on one leaf of the hinge T and extending from its side, (see Figs. 2 and 7,) while the opposite door frame or jamb is provided with a recess or cavity for the inserting of the pivot or pin O, operated by a trundle wheel or pinion K, secured to the knob K and adapted to engage the racks in the pivot C. (See Figs. 2 and 9.) A horizontal line drawn from. the center of one of these recesses through the door to the center of the other recess, similar to the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, is parallel to the floor.

When the door is shut or closed, it has the usual appearance of an ordinary door, with the exception of the small knob K, which is noticeable as directly below the handle of the door and at about one-third the distance from the bottom of the door to the door-handle H and the still smaller knobV, attached to the upper hinge R. (See Figs. 1, 5, and 8.) The knob K is at a height equal to the height of the center of the lower hinge T and may be used as a means for locking the door; but the door may be provided with'a lock L and key hole l of any desirable design and construction. (See Fig. 1.)

When it is desired to lower the door to a horizontal position for the purpose of using the same as a bedstead, the knob K is turned to the right,thus projecting or extending pivot into the recess in the door-frame 13. (See Figs. 2, 8, and 9.) The knob V, attached to pintle w, is then pulled down in the recess u and turned into the slot a, thus allowing the separating or unlocking of the hinge R. (See Figs. 5 and 6.) Then by a slight pull on the door-handle the door can be tilted, as shown in Fig. 1. The legs N and the head-piece D can then be adjusted, as will be hereinafter explained, and the bedis ready for occupancy. It is thus seen that the door posts or jambs serve the place of lower or rear legs for the bedstead. In most folding beds it is desirable to sleep with the head nearest to the framework; but with my invention it will be preferable to sleep with the head nearest to the top of the door.

If desired, the upper part of the door may be lowered to touch the floor and form a reclining couch, thus giving a change of position, which will be found desirable in cases of invalids. The occupant should then rest with his head toward the lower part of the door or closet.

WVhen it is desired to again use the bedstead as a door to the closet, the bedstead will be tilted up, the legs released and placed in position of rest on the inner side b of the door A, and the bedstead or door placed in a vertical position in the door-frame B.

Attached to the door A on its inner side I) at or near each upper corner are two headpieces E, and at or near the bottom of the door is attached a footpiece F. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) Between these pieces E and F and resting against the door or bedstead A is a wire bed-bottom or bed-spring S, upon which rests the mattress M. The wire bed-bottom and mattress are kept in place against the door when in a vertical position by the headpieces E and footpiece F and by a movable or second headpiece or board D and its red or chain G, as shown in Fig. 1. After the door has been lowered to a horizontal position this movable headpiece may be swung on its rod or chain to the top of the door or bedstead, and thus form a head or pillow-rest. The rod or chain is connected to the door or bedstead by the pivot g and to the movable headpiece D by the pivot it. (See Fig. 1.)

Attached to the door at or near its upper end are the legs N, which may be of any convenient size or form of construction, but which are preferably constructed of tubing '17. and are provided at their top with an elbow 19. To this elbow p is attached the felt 0, which prevents the warring of the door A. (See Figs. 1, 3, and 4.) To the elbow p is attached the tubing m, having a right-angle bend and extending through the clips or clamps t and r on the inner side I) of the door A and to which is attached the spiral spring s, which works against the clip or clamp 25 and through which the tubing m passes, the clips or clamps t and r being attached to the inner side I) of the door A by bolts or screws. (See Figs. 3 and L.) When not in use, the legs N are kept in place on the inner side I) of the door A (see Fig. 3) beneath the bed-spring S and serve to press the mattress and bed-spring against the movable headpiece D and prevent them from slipping down. When desired to be used as the legs of the bedstead, they may be pulled out beyond the side of the door, turned, and placed in the desired position, the spiral springs s keeping them tightly in place. (See Figs. 4; and 5.)

I Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a closet-door bedstead, the combination with a door-frame of a door adapted to be used as a bed provided with two corner head-brackets, footboard, a movable head rest and support with rods pivoted to the inner side of door and middle outer sides of rest respectively, the brackets, footboard, and rest acting as supports for the spring and mattress, substantially as shown and for the purposes specified.

2. In a closet-door bedstead, in combination a closet-door frame with a closet-door provided with a pair of hinges on which the door swings horizontally, the lower hinge having a pivot extending into the door-frame, and an extensible pivot on the opposite side of door extending into the opposite door-frame, subs'tantiallyas shown and described.

3. In a door-bedstead, in combination with the clip bolts or clamps t and r the leg N consisting of the tubings n and m connected by the elbow p, elbow 19 having attached thereto the felt 0, tubing m having a right-angle bend and attached to the door by the clip bolts or clamps t and r and having fastened to its outer side the spiral spring 3 which works against the clip bolt or clamp t, substantially as shown and described.

at. In a door-bedstead, the combination with a door adapted to be used as a bed-bottom of the hinges R and T and a pivot or trunnion J, the hinge T being attached to the lower part of one of the sides of the door, the pivot or trunnion being formed on one leaf of the hinge T and extending from its side, and a pivot 0 extending from the opposite side of door, all constructed, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes specified.

5. In a door-bedstead, the combination with a door adapted to be used as a bed-bottom of a hinge R comprising the two leaves one of which is provided with a socket and the other with a recess u and a slot 11. communicating with the recess, a pintle 0c vertically movable in said recess to engage the socket, a spiral spring W to support said pintle and a knob V projecting through the slot, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

6. In a door-bedstead, a door adapted to be used as a bed-bottom and provided with pivots J and O, the pivot 0 being provided with Twi W-H 3 a rack and mounted in a recess in the door, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a pinion K engaging said rack and a knob K my hand in the presence of two subscribing IQ for operating the pinion, substantially as Witnesses.

shown and for the purposes specified.

7. In a door-bedstead, a hinge composed of two leaves, and a pivot or trunnion formed on one leaf of the hinge and extending from its side, substantially as shown.

HORATIO B. RUGGLES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. A. SMITH, U ETHEL L. AMEs. 

